Ranting and Complaints of Life in Taiwan

Japan Trip – Overview

It’s been a little while since the last post, and some of you readers may be wondering where I’ve been. Well, here are some of the amazing shots I’ve managed to capture during my 10-day stay in Japan.

This is the longest stay I’ve enjoyed (10 days) in the beautiful island nation (not to mention the killing exchange rate that crushed the living daylights out of my purse). The trip included 4 days in the Mount Fuji area and 6 days in Tokyo, as well as a day trip to Yokohama.

I’m still going through my photos and will start posting related articles once I have the materials ready. So for now, here are some of my top-pick photos from this trip. Despite the cumbersome equipment I had to haul around (i.e. Canon 5D MKII, 24-105mm f/4, 70-200mm f/2.8, 580 EXII flash, filters, batteries, and junk), it was well worth the trouble.

Enjoy!

"Ei-jya-nai" Rollar Coaster Ride at Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park

A lantern and the Ei-uma (blessing wood blocks) rack at Zenkan Shrine near Mt. Fuji

A view from the bank of Lake Kawaguchi, one of the five major lakes near Mt. Fuji

Inside the "Music Box Forest" theme park

Taking the escalator at the Fuji TV building in Tokyo

The Ramen Museum in Yokohama

The renovated brick warehouses in Yokohama

The entrance to the Meiji Shrine - photo taken on the last day of my trip

The photos for this article are selected from the batch that turned out looking better than the rest – roughly 100 photos. So it wasn’t as hard… though considering the amount of photos I took, it’s quite depressing that only about 100 or so made it past the aethetics test.

About ME – the geeky author of this blog

There’s not much to know about this subject, except that I’m keeping this blog as a way of forcing myself to write in a non work-related environment and to rant for fun. It’s also a great way for me to keep in contact with my friends, to let them know what’s going on at this puny island on this side of the Pacific Ocean.